Tuesday, 25 July 2017

Edmund Altman Scott arrived in Canada with his brother John from Malvern, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, via New York on 16 June 1917. He attested the following day giving his date of birth as 20 July 1893 and occupation messenger.
He enlisted with the Canadian Engineers Div. Signallers.

The clipping shows he died by drowning on 25 July 1917 while swimming in the Ottawa River. The Signal Training Depot at Rockcliffe was under canvas during the summer, removed from Lansdowne Park.
It was a hot day with the maximum temperature recorded at the Experimental Farm of 33.9C.